Error
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Error is the fundamental built-in exception type in JavaScript used to represent runtime errors and serve as the base class for more specialized error types.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| AggregateError | 1 |
| Error canonical | 1 |
| Error (EP) | 1 |
| ReferenceError | 1 |
| TypeError | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5765470 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Error Context triple: [WebAssembly.LinkError, subclassOf, Error]
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A.
ERRC
ERRC is a Budapest-based international public interest law organization that advocates for and litigates to protect the human rights of Roma across Europe.
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B.
Margin for Error
"Margin for Error" is a 1939 satirical play by Clare Boothe Luce that blends comedy and political commentary around a murder mystery involving a Nazi consul in New York.
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C.
Knowledge and Error
"Knowledge and Error" is a philosophical work by Ernst Mach that examines the nature, limits, and development of human knowledge through the lens of empirical science and psychology.
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D.
ERO
ERO is a division of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement responsible for identifying, detaining, and removing individuals who violate immigration laws.
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E.
Wrong Idea
"Wrong Idea" is a hip-hop track by Snoop Dogg featuring Bad Azz, known for its laid-back West Coast vibe and appearance on Snoop's album "Tha Last Meal."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Error Target entity description: Error is the fundamental built-in exception type in JavaScript used to represent runtime errors and serve as the base class for more specialized error types.
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A.
ERRC
ERRC is a Budapest-based international public interest law organization that advocates for and litigates to protect the human rights of Roma across Europe.
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B.
Margin for Error
"Margin for Error" is a 1939 satirical play by Clare Boothe Luce that blends comedy and political commentary around a murder mystery involving a Nazi consul in New York.
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C.
Knowledge and Error
"Knowledge and Error" is a philosophical work by Ernst Mach that examines the nature, limits, and development of human knowledge through the lens of empirical science and psychology.
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D.
ERO
ERO is a division of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement responsible for identifying, detaining, and removing individuals who violate immigration laws.
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E.
Wrong Idea
"Wrong Idea" is a hip-hop track by Snoop Dogg featuring Bad Azz, known for its laid-back West Coast vibe and appearance on Snoop's album "Tha Last Meal."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (56)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
JavaScript built-in object
ⓘ
exception type ⓘ |
| category | standard built-in object ⓘ |
| caughtBy | try...catch statement ⓘ |
| constructorArity |
0
ⓘ
1 ⓘ |
| constructorParameter |
message
ⓘ
options ⓘ |
| defaultPropertyValue |
message: ""
ⓘ
name: "Error" ⓘ |
| definedIn |
ECMAScript specification
ⓘ
linked to:
ECMAScript
|
| environment |
Node.js
ⓘ
browser JavaScript ⓘ |
| hasConstructor | Error() ⓘ |
| hasMethod |
constructor
ⓘ
toLocaleString() ⓘ toString() ⓘ |
| hasProperty |
cause
ⓘ
message ⓘ name ⓘ prototype ⓘ stack ⓘ toString ⓘ |
| introducedIn |
ECMAScript 1
ⓘ
linked to:
ECMAScript
|
| isCallable | true ⓘ |
| isConstructable | true ⓘ |
| isExtensible | true ⓘ |
| isPrototypeOf |
AggregateError.prototype
ⓘ
EvalError.prototype ⓘ InternalError.prototype ⓘ RangeError.prototype ⓘ ReferenceError.prototype ⓘ SyntaxError.prototype ⓘ TypeError.prototype ⓘ URIError.prototype ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage | JavaScript ⓘ |
| propertyType |
cause: unknown
ⓘ
message: string ⓘ name: string ⓘ stack: string or undefined ⓘ |
| prototypeChainBaseFor |
AggregateError
ⓘ
linked to:
Error
EvalError ⓘ InternalError ⓘ RangeError ⓘ ReferenceError ⓘ
linked to:
Error
SyntaxError ⓘ TypeError ⓘ URIError ⓘ |
| role |
base class for more specialized error types
ⓘ
fundamental built-in exception type in JavaScript ⓘ |
| serializationBehavior | JSON.stringify(new Error("x")) returns {} by default ⓘ |
| specSection |
ECMAScript Language Specification, Error Objects
ⓘ
linked to:
ECMAScript
|
| thrownBy | throw statement ⓘ |
| usedFor |
representing runtime errors
ⓘ
signaling error conditions ⓘ throwing exceptions ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Error Description of subject: Error is the fundamental built-in exception type in JavaScript used to represent runtime errors and serve as the base class for more specialized error types.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Error
linked to: Error
linked to: Error
linked to: Error